The Packages SDK will provide you with information regarding the Packages document format. It will help you create and add your own project and license templates. If you want to develop and add your own installation requirements or bundle locators editors, the SDK will provide you with documentation, sample code and projects.

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Packages Source Code

Packages is distributed under a BSD License. Packages source code will be available under a BSD license and provided as Xcode projects. Links to open source projects used by Packages will be provided in the archive.

Distributions and packages built with Packages can be installed on a Mac using Mac OS X's Installer application or installer command line tool. If you are looking for a solution to deploy your packages or distributions on a network of Mac computers, here are some available solutions:

Packages makes it easy to add Installer plugins to your distributions. In addition to the Xcode template project, you can learn about Installer plugin with the help of the following sample projects and information.

When you need to create an alias from an external script upon installation, you can use the bristow tool.

Distribution documentations

Packages supports the distribution and flat packages formats supported by Apple's installer application on Mac OS X Tiger and later. If you want to get more information about these formats, you can refer to the following available documentations.

While the Packages application is provided on a as-is basis, if you think you have found a bug in the software or if you have a question or suggestion related to the use of the software - that is not covered by the user guide -, you can try to write to:

dev dot packages at gmail dot com

Who knows, you may even get an answer.

Apple, Xcode, the Installer Plugin icon and Apple Remote Desktop are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.